Monstercat: Uncaged is one of the two imprints of Canadian music label Monstercat. Contrasting with Monstercat: Instinct and considered by the label as the continuation of its community-driven electronic music "movement", Uncaged focuses on "energetic", "explosive", and "hard-hitting" music. The label publishes two new tracks a week under this imprint on Mondays and Thursdays.
History
The "Uncaged" name was originally used by Monstercat as part of a rebranding campaign in May 2017, after the release of Monstercat 030 - Finale. The campaign encompassed a redesign of the artwork for the album's compilations and official live shows, with albums and concerts being branded "Monstercat Uncaged".[1] The first compilation album released after the rebranding, Monstercat Uncaged Vol. 1, replaced the story-driven artworks by Petirep with stylistic and realist depictions of the Monstercat mascot.[2] The format of the compilation albums were not changed though, with Vol. 2 and Vol. 3, in addition to Vol. 1, collecting music submitted by artists and published by the label in the months prior regardless of genre or musical style.[3][4][5]
In January 2018, it was announced by Monstercat that the label would start publishing new music on two imprints, with the imprint dedicated to the label's more upbeat and harder musical styles and genres adopting the "Monstercat: Uncaged" name.[6][7][8] An imprint for the label's more melodic and experimental music adopted a brand new "Monstercat: Instinct" name.[9] Uncaged was officially founded on January 1, 2018, with Instinct following the day later. Monstercat's YouTube channel was repurposed into being the new YouTube channel for the imprint, and the release schedule was revamped from a three-day, Monday-Wednesday-Friday weekly release schedule to a four-day schedule with Monday and Thursdays dedicated to Uncaged tracks.[10] The Call of the Wild podcast was moved from Tuesday to Wednesday as part of the changes as well.[10] The very first track published on Monstercat: Uncaged was "Sky is Falling" by Darren Styles and Stonebank, featuring EMEL, which was released on January 8, 2018.
Branding
Monstercat: Uncaged has been defined by Monstercat as an imprint for "energetic", "explosive", and "hard-hitting" music published by the label.[11] Uncaged is considered by the label as the continuation of the community-driven electronic music "movement" that had defined Monstercat's mission statement since its inception. Graphics that define the Uncaged imprint are often dark, with chalkboard-like textures. Iconography represents a large part of the Uncaged image, with imagery, such as a bone and fish skeleton arrangement and brass knuckles with the Monstercat mascot's teeth visible in the spaces, decorating the animations for the Uncaged series of compilation albums. CEO of Monstercat Mike Darlington stated in a January 2018 press release,[8][11]
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The quote "...the continued evolution of the music that defined our early years." is a reference to what Monstercat was before in 2011 and so on. It had more Uncaged-styled music than the more Instinct-styled music.
Roster
Founding 6
Uncaged Artists
- Aero Chord
- AMIDY
- Anjulie
- Apriskah
- Au5
- Bad Computer
- Bear Grillz
- Bellecour
- Bishu
- BLiSS
- Bossfight
- Clockvice
- Crankdat
- Darren Styles
- Delta Heavy
- Deorro
- Dillon Francis
- Dion Timmer
- Dirty Audio
- Dirtyphonics
- Dougal
- Droptek
- Dyro
- Ephixa
- Eptic
- Essenger
- Falcon Funk
- Feint
- F.O.O.L
- FWLR
- Gammer
- Gent & Jawns
- Going Quantum
- Goja
- Grant
- Habstrakt
- Holly
- Infected Mushroom
- INTERCOM
- JayKode
- Julian Calor
- Jupe
- Justin OH
- Kill Paris
- Knife Party
- Koven
- KUURO
- Laura Brehm
- Lil Hank
- Loosid
- Lug00ber
- Matroda
- Mazare
- Midranger
- Modestep
- Muzzy
- MYRNE
- Nitro Fun
- Noisestorm
- Nonsens
- Notaker
- Nytrix
- Pegboard Nerds
- Pixel Terror
- Protostar
- RIOT
- Rameses B
- Reach
- Rickyxsan
- SCNDL
- ShockOne
- SLANDER
- Slaydit
- Slippy
- SLUMBERJACK
- Snavs
- SOULJI
- Spag Heddy
- SQWAD
- Stonebank
- Sullivan King
- Taska Black
- TheFatRat
- Tisoki
- Tokyo Machine
- Tony Romera
- Trivecta
- TroyBoi
- Vorso
- Will Sparks
- Wooli
- Xilent
Albums under Uncaged
Pre-2018
2017
- Monstercat Uncaged Vol. 1 | May 12, 2017
- Monstercat Uncaged Vol. 2 | August 25, 2017
- Monstercat Uncaged Vol. 3 | November 10, 2017
Post-2018
2018
- Monstercat Uncaged Vol. 4 | March 1, 2018
- Monstercat Uncaged Vol. 5 | August 16, 2018
2019
- Monstercat Uncaged Vol. 6 | February 21, 2019
- Monstercat Uncaged Vol. 7 | UPCOMING 2019
Uncaged Releases
- See also: Monstercat Discography
Catalog No. | Name | Artist(s) | Date Released |
---|---|---|---|
MCS631 | Sky Is Falling (feat. EMEL) | Darren Styles & Stonebank | January 8, 2018 |
MCS633 | Champion Sound | Gent & Jawns | January 11, 2018 |
MCS635 | Supersonic (feat. Chimeric) | Pegboard Nerds | January 15, 2018 |
MCS637 | Shut It Down | Matroda | January 18, 2018 |
MCS638 | Disarray | Bad Computer | January 22, 2018 |
MCS640 | Beast | Reach & Jupe | January 25, 2018 |
MCS642 | Smog | Droptek & Vorso | January 29, 2018 |
MCS644 | Push It | Apriskah | February 1, 2018 |
MCS646 | Bring Me Joy | Pegboard Nerds & Lug00ber | February 5, 2018 |
MCS648 | Omen | KUURO | February 8, 2018 |
MCS650 | I Need You | Delta Heavy | February 12, 2018 |
MCS653 | We Would Never Do (feat. Nevve) | Taska Black | February 15, 2018 |
MCS655 | Going Nowhere | Dion Timmer & Modestep | February 19, 2018 |
MCS657 | Promise Me | Slippy | February 22, 2018 |
MCS660 | Boom Bap | Matroda | March 5, 2018 |
MCS662 | Racks | Dirty Audio | March 8, 2018 |
MCS664 | Black Mask | SOULJI | March 12, 2018 |
MCS666 | COOKIES | Tokyo Machine | March 15, 2018 |
MCRL002-1 | My Love | KOVEN | March 19, 2018 |
MCRL002-2 | What Are You Waiting For | Stonebank | March 22, 2018 |
MCRL002-3 | New Horizons | Protostar | March 26, 2018 |
MCRL002-4 | Truth And Malice | INTERCOM | March 29, 2018 |
MCRL002-5 | Party Freaks (feat. Anna Yvette) | Pegboard Nerds | April 2, 2018 |
MCRL002-6 | Flow | Slippy | April 5, 2018 |
MCEP130 | New Age (feat. Celldweller) | Muzzy | April 9, 2018 |
MCEP131 | Damn Floor | Matroda | April 12, 2018 |
MCS675 | Work | Bossfight | April 16, 2018 |
MCEP130 | Elevate (feat. Miss Trouble) | Muzzy & Flite | April 18, 2018 |
MCS677 | This Feeling (feat. Kalibwoy) | Rickyxsan | April 19, 2018 |
MCS679 | Feel It Coming | Dyro | April 23, 2018 |
MCEP130 | Shut It Down (feat. MC Mota) | Muzzy & Teddy Killerz | April 23, 2018 |
MCS681 | What's Going Down | Stonebank | April 26, 2018 |
MCS683 | Bring It Back | Tisoki | April 30, 2018 |
MCEP133 | Murder | SOULJI | May 3, 2018 |
MCEP130 | Cascade | Muzzy & A.M.C & Turno | May 3, 2018 |
MCS686 | Summer | Modestep | May 7, 2018 |
MCS687 | Monster (feat. Panther) | Slippy & Goja | May 10, 2018 |
MCEP130 | In The Night (feat. Sullivan King) | Muzzy | May 14, 2018 |
MCS688 | Knockin' | KUURO | May 17, 2018 |
MCS689 | Falling | Trivecta & Wooli | May 21, 2018 |
MCS690 | Time Goes By | Nitro Fun | May 24, 2018 |
MCS691 | Wicked (feat. Sullivan King) | Bear Grillz | May 28, 2018 |
MCS693 | Board Game | KOVEN | May 31, 2018 |
MCS695 | The Mob | RIOT | June 4, 2018 |
MCS697 | She's A Killer | Justin OH | June 7, 2018 |
MCS699 | Prometheus | Rameses B | June 11, 2018 |
MCS700 | Forever | Reach | June 14, 2018 |
MCS701 | Rituals | Bishu | June 18, 2018 |
MCS703 | Take Me Down (feat. Bianca) | KUURO | June 21, 2018 |
MCS705 | Sovereign | Bossfight | June 25, 2018 |
MCS707 | Dracarys | Deorro & Dirty Audio | June 28, 2018 |
MCS709 | Paradigm (feat. Karra) | Bad Computer | July 2, 2018 |
MCS711 | Numb (feat. Che'Nelle) | FWLR | July 5, 2018 |
MCS713 | Aiwa | RIOT | July 9, 2018 |
MCS715 | Exodus | Delta Heavy | July 12, 2018 |
MCS717 | Fault (feat. McCall) | MYRNE & Grant | July 16, 2018 |
MCS719 | Comeback | Falcon Funk & Bossfight | July 19, 2018 |
MCEP136-1 | Purple People Eater | Pegboard Nerds | July 23, 2018 |
MCEP136 | OSCar | Pegboard Nerds | July 24, 2018 |
MCEP136-2 | Escape | Pegboard Nerds & Dion Timmer | July 25, 2018 |
MCEP136-3 | Harpoon | Knife Party & Pegboard Nerds | July 26, 2018 |
MCEP136 | Steel | Pegboard Nerds | July 27, 2018 |
MCS723 | NEEDED U | Gammer | July 30, 2018 |
MCS725 | Two Minds (feat. Tim Moyo) | Kill Paris | August 2, 2018 |
MCS727 | Sayonara | Dirtyphonics | August 6, 2018 |
MCS729 | Kneel Before Me (feat. Asking Alexandria) | Slander & Crankdat | August 9, 2018 |
MCS732 | How We Win | FWLR | August 20, 2018 |
MCS734 | Fire Flower | Holly & Loosid | August 23, 2018 |
MCRL004-1 | Charge | Bossfight | August 27, 2018 |
MCRL004-2 | Walking on the Moon | Infected Mushroom | August 30, 2018 |
MCRL004-3 | FLY | Tokyo Machine | September 3, 2018 |
MCRL004-4 | Contra (feat. Sara Skinner) | Pixel Terror | September 6, 2018 |
MCRL004-5 | Horsepower | Muzzy | September 10, 2018 |
MCRL004-6 | Burning Up | Darren Styles, Gammer, & Dougal | September 13, 2018 |
MCS741 | The Storm | Notaker | September 17, 2018 |
MCS743 | You Don't Even Know Me | Slander & RIOT | September 20, 2018 |
MCS745 | Axis | Trivecta | September 24, 2018 |
MCS747 | Wobble | Crankdat & Tisoki | September 27, 2018 |
MCS749 | Breakout | Noisestorm & Foreign Beggars | October 1, 2018 |
MCS751 | Lose It All | Atmozfears | October 4, 2018 |
MCS753 | The Edge (feat. Nevve) | Grant | October 8, 2018 |
MCS755 | I'll Fight Back | Sullivan King | October 11, 2018 |
MCS756 | Machina | Pixel Terror | October 15, 2018 |
MCS758 | EPIC | Tokyo Machine | October 18, 2018 |
MCS760 | 1000 Cuts | KUURO & Clockvice | October 22, 2018 |
MCS762 | Loving Her Loving U (feat. Delaney Kai) | Justin OH | October 25, 2018 |
MCS764 | Only in a Dream | Au5 & Nytrix | October 29, 2018 |
MCS766 | Tombstone | Will Sparks & SCNDL | October 31, 2018 |
MCEP141 | MELTDOWN | Protostar & Muzzy | November 1, 2018 |
MCS768 | Overkill | RIOT | November 5, 2018 |
MCS769 | BLiSS on Mushrooms (feat. Miyavi) | Infected Mushroom & BLiSS | November 8, 2018 |
MCS770 | Show Me (feat. Sara Skinner) | Slippy | November 12, 2018 |
MCS771 | Running To You (feat. Elle Vee) | Slander & Spag Heddy | November 15, 2018 |
MCS772 | Home (feat. Jacob Wellfair) | Darren Styles & Dougal | November 19, 2018 |
MCS773 | Play Your Part | Aero Chord | November 22, 2018 |
MCS774 | I (Still) Dream Of You | Kill Paris | November 26, 2018 |
MCEP142 | Hate Being Alone (feat. Dylan Matthew) | Slander | November 29, 2018 |
MCS775 | What U Wanna Do (feat. Spencer Ludwig) | KUURO | December 3, 2018 |
MCS776B | We Stan A Good Puppo | Lil Hank | December 4, 2018 |
MCS777 | Solid | SLUMBERJACK & TroyBoi | December 6, 2018 |
MCS778 | Guitarmass | Infected Mushroom | December 10, 2018 |
MCLP010 | Head of NASA | Infected Mushroom | December 12, 2018 |
MCX005-1 | JINGLE BELLS | Tokyo Machine | December 17, 2018 |
MCX005-3 | Deck The Halls (Time To Die) | FWLR | December 20, 2018 |
MCX005-5 | Carol of the Cartels | Bossfight | December 24, 2018 |
MCS780 | The Government | Stonebank | January 3, 2019 |
MCEP143 | One Thing (feat. Tim Moyo) | Slippy | January 7, 2019 |
MCS783 | Jungle Fury | RIOT | January 10, 2019 |
MCS785 | Not IRL | Modestep | January 14, 2019 |
MCEP144 | Hank's Back | Lil Hank | January 17, 2019 |
MCS788 | You Might Get Lost | Julian Calor | January 21, 2019 |
MCS790 | Magic | Kill Paris | January 24, 2019 |
MCS792 | U Got Me | Bossfight | January 28, 2019 |
MCS794 | Into The Light (feat. Karra) | Notaker | January 31, 2019 |
MCS796 | Cave Me In | FWLR & A-Sho | February 4, 2019 |
MCS797 | Ultima | Pixel Terror | February 7, 2019 |
MCS799 | Badmash | Bossfight | February 11, 2019 |
MCLP011 | Fizzy Lifting Drink (feat. Big Gigantic & Jimi Tents) | Kill Paris | February 14, 2019 |
MCEP147 | No Sleep | Bossfight | February 25, 2019 |
MCS803 | PLAY | Tokyo Machine | February 28, 2019 |
MCS805 | Crank Up The Dank | Gammer & Stonebank | March 4, 2019 |
MCS807 | Gunslinga (feat. MC Mota) | Pegboard Nerds | March 7, 2019 |
MCS809 | Adventures | Julian Calor | March 11, 2019 |
MCS811 | Metaphysical | Slippy | March 14, 2019 |
MCS812 | Each Other (feat. Eric Lumiere) | Notaker | March 18, 2019 |
MCS814 | Poison | Nonsens | March 21, 2019 |
MCS816 | Maxima | Pixel Terror | March 25, 2019 |
MCS818 | you_rise | Xilent | March 28, 2019 |
MCS819 | Carry On (feat. Holly Drummond) | F.O.O.L | April 1, 2019 |
MCS821 | Hot | FWLR | April 4, 2019 |
MCEP151 | Melophonic | Notaker | April 8, 2019 |
MCS824 | Barbed Wire | Rogue | April 11, 2019 |
MCS826 | Take Me Home (feat. Nevve) | Aero Chord | April 15, 2019 |
MCS828 | the_darkness | Xilent | April 18, 2019 |
MCS830 | Quake | Dirty Audio & Slippy | April 22, 2019 |
MCS832 | Us | Snavs | April 25, 2019 |
MCEP152 | Bad Habits (feat. Tylor Maurer) | KUURO | April 29, 2019 |
MCS835 | Drop Bombs | Stonebank | May 2, 2019 |
MCS837 | Back To Me | Pegboard Nerds | May 6, 2019 |
MCS839 | Venus Fly Trap | Kill Paris | May 9, 2019 |
MCEP153 | Neon | F.O.O.L & Midranger | May 13, 2019 |
MCS841 | Amnesia | Pixel Terror | May 16, 2019 |
MCLP012 | discarded | Xilent | May 20, 2019 |
MCS844 | Own Me | Slippy | May 23, 2019 |
MCS846 | Overdose (feat. Philip Strand) | Bossfight | May 27, 2019 |
MCS848 | SAIKOU | Tokyo Machine | May 30, 2019 |
MCS850 | Trigger | KUURO | June 3, 2019 |
MCS853 | Infinite | Habstrakt | June 6, 2019 |
MCS854 | I Can't | Tony Romera | June 10, 2019 |
MCS856 | Soda (feat. itsreallyelijah) | Pixel Terror | June 13, 2019 |
MCS858 | Solace | Feint & Laura Brehm | June 17, 2019 |
MCS860 | Never Let Me Down (feat. David Spekter) | Darren Styles | June 20, 2019 |
MCS862 | Stronger | TheFatRat, Slaydit, & Anjulie | June 24, 2019 |
MCS864 | Run (feat. The Bloody Beetroots) | ShockOne | June 27, 2019 |
MCX006-1 | Let's Roll | Ephixa & Going Quantum | July 1, 2019 |
MCX006-3 | Kababies | Infected Mushroom | July 4, 2019 |
MCX006-5 | Way Down (feat. Karra) | Au5 & AMIDY | July 8, 2019 |
MCX006-7 | MOSHI | Pegboard Nerds & Tokyo Machine | July 11, 2019 |
MCS866 | Dystopia | Pixel Terror & JayKode | July 15, 2019 |
MCS868 | Til Dawn | ShockOne | July 18, 2019 |
MCEP158 | Monster (feat. Trove) | Julian Calor | July 22, 2019 |
MCS870 | Lasagne | Habstrakt & Bellecour | July 25, 2019 |
MCLP013-11 | Pray for Me | ShockOne | August 1, 2019 |
MCS874 | Let It Go | Eptic & Dillon Francis | August 2, 2019 |
MCS875 | Don't Bring Me Down | Justin OH | August 5, 2019 |
MCS877 | Berserker | Mazare & Essenger | August 8, 2019 |
MCS878 | St Tropez | Tony Romera & SQWAD | August 12, 2019 |
Ten most-viewed YouTube uploads (pre-2018)
- Marshmello - Alone (Music Video)
- 150,000,000 views
- Tristam & Braken - Flight
- 61,000,000 views
- Aero Chord - Surface
- 54,000,000 views
- Tristam & Braken - Frame of Mind
- 45,000,000 views
- Pegboard Nerds - Disconnected
- 36,000,000 views
- Pegboard Nerds & Tristam - Razor Sharp
- 28,000,000 views
- Tristam - Till It's Over
- 26,000,000 views
- Feint - Snake Eyes (feat. CoMa)
- 25,000,000 views
- Feint - We Won't Be Alone (feat. Laura Brehm)
- 23,000,000 views
- Pegboard Nerds - Hero (feat. Elizaveta)
- 21,000,000 views
Ten most-viewed YouTube uploads (post-2018)
- Koven - My Love (Trap Nation upload)
- 4,700,000 views
- Aero Chord - 4U (Julius Dreisig Remix) (Trap Nation upload)
- 3,200,000 views
- Infected Mushroom - Guitarmass (Diversity upload)
- 2,700,000 views
- Taska Black - We Would Never Do (feat. Nevve) (Trap Nation upload)
- 2,200,000 views
- RIOT - Overkill (DubstepGutter upload)
- 2,100,000 views
- Stonebank - What Are You Waiting For
- 1,800,000 views
- Muzzy - New Age (feat. Celldweller) (Lyric Video)
- 1,600,000 views
- Bad Computer - Disarray
- 1,500,000 views
- Infected Mushroom - Walking on the Moon
- 1,467,000 views
- Infected Mushroom & BLiSS - BLiSS on Mushrooms (feat. Miyavi)
- 1,461,000 views
Ten most-played SoundCloud tracks
- RIOT - Overkill
- 860,000 plays
- Delta Heavy - I Need You
- 807,000 plays
- Gent & Jawns - Collecta
- 806,000 plays
- Slander & Crankdat - Kneel Before Me (feat. Asking Alexandria)
- 670,000 plays
- Taska Black - We Would Never Do (feat. Nevve)
- 644,000 plays
- Slander & RIOT - You Don't Even Know Me
- 644,000 plays
- RIOT - Aiwa
- 510,000 plays
- RIOT - The Mob
- 500,000 plays
- Slander & Spag Heddy - Running To You (feat. Elle Vee)
- 480,000 plays
- Matroda - Shut It Down
- 470,000 plays
External links
- Monstercat: Uncaged subsite on Monstercat
- Monstercat: Uncaged on YouTube
References
- ↑ Prichea, Iuliana (May 12, 2017). "The new evolution in Monstercat’s compilation series, “Monstercat Uncaged Vol. 1” was officially unveiled!". EDM Nations. Archived from the original on January 4, 2018. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
- ↑ Fleury, Landon (May 13, 2017). "Monstercat Switches Things Up with First-Ever “Uncaged” Compilation". Your EDM. Archived from the original on January 4, 2018. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
- ↑ (May 12, 2017). "Monstercat Uncaged Vol. 1 by Various Artists". Monstercat. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
- ↑ (August 25, 2017). "Monstercat Uncaged Vol. 2 by Various Artists". Monstercat. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
- ↑ (November 10, 2017). "Monstercat Uncaged Vol. 3 by Various Artists". Monstercat. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
- ↑ Sacamano, Bob (January 3, 2018). "Monstercat Records Diversifies With “Uncaged” & “Instinct”". EDMtunes. Archived from the original on January 4, 2018. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
- ↑ Rao, Natalie (January 4, 2018). "Monstercat Announces Split Into Two Separate Imprint Labels: Instinct and Uncaged". ThisSongIsSick.com. Archived from the original on January 4, 2018. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Kats, Jeanette (January 3, 2018). "Monstercat Teases Uncaged and Instinct" Noiseporn. Archived from the original on January 4, 2018. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
- ↑ Powell, Karlie (January 3, 2018). "Monstercat Embarks On New Musical Journey With "Instinct"". Your EDM. Archived from the original on January 4, 2018. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 (January 3, 2018). "Monstercat on Twitter: Pieces of the puzzle further…". Twitter. Archived from the original on January 4, 2018. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 (January 1, 2018). "Monstercat: Uncaged". Monstercat. Retrieved January 1, 2018.